Free printable bible-based word-search puzzles

for those who like brain-teasers with a biblical connection

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This page is for those who like brain-teasers with a biblical connection. Here, you can download free bible-related word-mazes. The free printable bible-based word-search puzzles that are listed on a table below, have most of their words taken directly from some part of the Bible – not specific to any particular translation, but often close to the 1769 King James version's wordings. Some of these mazes are hard to solve, some are easy, some perhaps "medium". For most people, each puzzle probably takes at least 15-20 minutes to finish. The size of these word-searches varies – the smallest one contains only 35 words, while the largest one has 135. There are now 87 different free, printable word-mazes for download—58 documents have 1 puzzle each, 2 have 2 puzzles, 2 contain 8, and 1 has 9, adding up to a total of 87.

For a graphic sample image of these free, zoomable and printable PDF-puzzles, click here.

They are in freely zoomable PDF-format, for paper-size A4, or A3 or even larger. Most of them are also available in a version that enables print with large letters on A4-size paper. A note: You need the Adobe Reader for viewing and printing these puzzles. Most probably, it is already installed on your computer.

The PDF-files are only between 10 and 110 kilobytes in size but again, they can be zoomed and give sharp print even in large print sizes. You can freely copy and print these puzzle documents to others – however, you may not exclude or edit anything in them, or add anything to them. A note: This site is not connected to any church, denomination, religious organisation or anything like that. Further down in this present document, there are some notes on these puzzles.

The theme of the puzzle (what its words are related to, in one way or another) Size of puzzle Produced or changed Open or download a puzzle in PDF-format – Windows-users: Left-click the links for opening a puzzle directly, or right-click for the "save as" alternative.

Left column: Normal layout, freely zoomable to any print size.

Right column: Multi-page horizontal layout, provides large letter print even on an A4-paper.
The book of Genesis. This document contains two puzzles with the same 84 words arranged in two different ways. One maze is 26 x 17 letters in size, the other 27 x 18. The latter one contains a "hidden message". 2010-01-20 puzzle01-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle01-b.pdf
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The patriarch Abraham. 69 words, size 29 x 16 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle02-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle02-b.pdf
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Jacob the son of Isaac. 63 words, size 28 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle03-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle03-b.pdf
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Joseph the son of Jacob. 48 words, size 27 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle04-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle04-b.pdf
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Moses. 56 words, size 24 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle05-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle05-b.pdf
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The Exodus (when the Israelites left Egypt). 51 words, size 22 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle06-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle06-b.pdf
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Events at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19-24). 66 words, size 24 x 15 letters. 2010-01-17 puzzle07-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle07-b.pdf
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The Tabernacle (the Tent, the portable sanctuary). 63 words, size 26 x 15 letters. 2010-01-17 puzzle08-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle08-b.pdf
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The names of the books of the Bible. 60 words, size 25 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle09-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle09-b.pdf
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The book of Ruth. 51 words, size 22 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle10-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle10-b.pdf
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Names of kings of Israel and Judah. 47 words, size 20 x 13 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle11-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
The book of Esther. 63 words, size 27 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle12-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle12-b.pdf
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The book of Job. 52 words, size 23 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle13-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle13-b.pdf
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The book of Daniel. 54 words, size 24 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle14-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle14-b.pdf
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The Beatitudes (Matthew 5). 48 words, size 19 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle15-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
John 15, the parable of the vinedresser, vine, branches and fruit. 51 words, size 20 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle16-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the
column to the left is
in large print format.)
The Book of Acts. 54 words, size 21 x 16 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle17-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
Acts chapter 6. 52 words, size 22 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle18-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle18-b.pdf
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Acts chapter 15. 54 words, size 24 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle19-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle19-b.pdf
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Acts 20:17-38, the apostle Paul addressing elders from Ephesus. (On this table, there are even other puzzles that are related to Paul.) 54 words, size 26 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle20-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle20-b.pdf
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The apostles. 60 words, size 26 x 16 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle21-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle21-b.pdf
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The apostle Paul. (On this table, there are even other puzzles that are related to Paul.) 53 words, size 26 x 16 letters. 2010-03-16 puzzle22-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle22-b.pdf
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Persons and places in the Asia of the New Testament. 75 words, size 26 x 18 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle23-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle23-b.pdf
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New Testament places and persons somehow connected with Greece. 58 words, size 24 x 16 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle24-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle24-b.pdf
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New Testament places and persons connected with Italy and Rome, and Paul's journey there. (On this table, there are even other puzzles that are related to Paul.) 51 words, size 21 x 15 letters. 2010-03-16 puzzle25-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
2 Corinthians 3, the Spirit versus the letter. 51 words, size 23 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle26-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle26-b.pdf
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Galatians chapter 3. 51 words, size 23 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle27-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle27-b.pdf
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Jesus. 68 words, size 25 x 17 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle28-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle28-b.pdf
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The Book of Revelation. 62 words, size 24 x 17 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle29-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle29-b.pdf
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The saints and Heaven. 51 words, size 22 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle30-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle30-b.pdf
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The saints' heavenly Inheritance. 51 words, size 22 x 15 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle31-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle31-b.pdf
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The "tithe question". (Re-done. Now with comments and a "hidden message".) 54 words, size 27 x 15 letters. 2010-01-08 puzzle32-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle32-b.pdf
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Names of places mentioned in the four Gospels. 58 words, size 24 x 17 letters. 2009-12-08 puzzle33-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle33-b.pdf
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Exodus chapter 32, the golden calf. 55 words, size 21 x 15 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle34-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
The fruit of the Spirit. 53 words, size 25 x 17 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle35-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle35-b.pdf
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The crossing of Jordan and the taking of Jericho. 42 words, size 21 x 15 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle36-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
King David. (This is a large, 101-word maze.) 101 words, size 19 x 29 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle37-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)
 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
The apostle Peter. 50 words, size 19 x 18 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle38-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
Patriarch Isaac the son of Abraham. 43 words, size 18 x 15 letters. 2009-01-09 puzzle39-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the
column to the left has relatively large letters.)
Jerusalem, in biblical times and later. 43 words, size 20 x 17 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle40-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
The apostle John.
 This document contains 9 puzzles with 53 words each, size 24 x 14 letters. The same words have been used for producing 9 different puzzles. 2009-12-09 puzzle41-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle41-b.pdf
(large print)
Revelation 11, the two witnesses.
This document contains 8 different puzzles.		 This document contains 8 puzzles with 57 words each, size 17 x 17 letters. The same word-maze has been rotated and mirrored in various ways, producing 8 different puzzles. 2010-02-28 puzzle42-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
Rivers and seas mentioned in the Bible. 35 words, size 16 x 14 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle43-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)
 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
Biblical names connected to mountains and hills. 44 words, size 15 x 14 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle44-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)
 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
The original King James translation. Contains archaic words from KJV-1611. Includes word explanations. 65 words, size 22 x 15 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle45-p.pdf
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 puzzle45-b.pdf
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Names and things connected with Egypt, in the Bible. 65 words, size 21 x 17 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle46-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle46-b.pdf
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Babylon – names and things connected with Babylon, in the Bible. 55 words, size 21 x 20 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle47-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)
 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
The Passover in Egypt. 44 words, size 18 x 18 letters. 2010-03-12 puzzle48-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
Nehemiah chapter 10. This document contains 8 puzzles with 76 words each, size 20 x 20 letters. The same word-maze has been rotated and mirrored in various ways, producing 8 different puzzles. 2009-12-09 puzzle49-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
Elijah the prophet. 52 words, size 17 x 17 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle50-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
The patriarch Noah, the Ark and the Flood. 47 words, size 16 x 16 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle51-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left is in large print format.)
Women of the Bible. This document contains 2 puzzles: One with 74 words, size 21 x 20 letters, and one with 76 words, size 20 x 20 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle52-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
The prophet Samuel. 40 words, size 16 x 16 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle53-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the
column to the left is
in large print format.)
Joshua the son of Nun. 59 words, size 19 x 19 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle54-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
Aaron the priest. 56 words, size 19 x 18 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle55-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
Genesis 24, Abraham's servant getting a wife for Isaac, from Mesopotamia. 45 words, size 19 x 13 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle56-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle56-b.pdf
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The prophet Jeremiah. 51 words, size 19 x 19 letters. 2009-12-09 puzzle57-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
John the Baptist. 41 words, size 17 x 17 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle58-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
The prophet Isaiah. 38 words, size 18 x 14 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle59-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
The Days of Unleavened Bread. 46 words, size 25 x 13 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle60-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle60-b.pdf
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The apostle Paul's journeys.
(On this table, there are even other puzzles that are related to Paul.)		 78 words, 28 x 19 letters. 2010-03-16 puzzle61-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle61-b.pdf
(large print)
Sarah. 48 words, 16 x 15 letters. 2010-01-20 puzzle62-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 (The puzzle in the column to the left has relatively large letters.)
The history of Israel. 135 words, 28 x 28 letters. A note: This is a large and hard puzzle, for the most ardent word finders. 2010-02-03 puzzle63-p.pdf
(PDF-file; can take a few seconds to load.)		 puzzle63-b.pdf
(This is a cut and paste version for large letter print on A4-printers.)


Check this page later for eventual additions, new mazes. See also the page ew07b.htm which has a small brain-teaser with a big spiritual lesson. The page es04b.htm has a self-test of bible-knowledge. For tools and helps for in-depth bible-study, see the pages es01d.htm and es02c.htm. For easy keys for understanding Scripture in a better way, and for avoiding certain common mistakes in study, see the essay eg02c.htm.

Some notes on these word-puzzles.

These puzzles are made for adults and youth and teenagers, and even children from ten years and up, but they may be too hard or difficult as an activity for children in their first school years.

In word-grids of this kind, there will always be some "additional" words that are neither a part of the puzzle nor placed there on purpose. The author has tried to check through these puzzles so that they do not contain any offensive or unpleasant words. However, in word-puzzles on this kind, many different combinations can arise. Consider as an example the word DELIVERER: When it is placed in a word-maze, someone might read it in the other direction and see only the letters EVIL. But, as you can understand, no evil is meant here by placing for instance the word DELIVERER in a word-puzzle.

Some of these puzzles may have a "hidden message", consisting of the first of the "left-over" letters. Whether or not a word-maze has "hidden words", is stated in each individual puzzle-document.

You are welcome to print and give copies of these puzzles even to others, provided that they are kept and printed exactly as they are, including the addresses and the date at their lower end.

The subjects of many of these puzzles "overlap". An example: The same names of the same persons and places may appear in more than one puzzle. Also: Some names may appear twice even in the same puzzle, with different spellings.

If you have any comments on these puzzles, or if you wish to have a new one on some specific biblical subject, please write. The page purpose.htm has an email-address to this writer.

These word-mazes are meant as brain-teasers, and not as biblical, geographical or historical lessons. But, as many of them contain names and places that most likely are not familiar to many people (but which nevertheless are found in the Bible), perhaps they can serve as a reminder that we all should keep on studying the Bible.

A suggestion: Take a puzzle, and your bible-study material, and find out who, where and what the persons, places and things mentioned in the puzzle really were. Again, the pages es01d.htm and es02c.htm have advice on tools, helps and methods for in-depth bible-study.

Again, a note: This site is not connected to any church, denomination, religious organisation or anything like that.

Table of contents – What's new here? – Key-word index – Search function – Goal and purpose – Contact, comment, question

If this page did not contain what you were looking for, see the links below, and the key-word index and the table of contents, or use the search function.

Some examples of the essays and articles at this site, the Bible Pages:

A small brain-teaser with a big spiritual lesson. → ew07b.htm

Check your bible knowledge. A basic self-test with 15 biblical questions (with answers and commentary). → es04b.htm

A challenge for all believers, regarding something very important. → ew06b.htm

How to understand the Bible. Easy keys to interpreting and understanding Scripture in a better and deeper way, by avoiding certain fundamental but common mistakes and errors in bible study. These vital keys are really the basics for objective bible study. Knowing these keys will make many things easier to interpret and comprehend, and one will see several central matters in the Bible from a new and different perspective, especially in connection with the Gospels and the Epistles. → eg02c.htm

How to study the Bible in a deeper way. Some simple guidelines and notes on study methods. Also, advice and information on easily available practical study helps and useful modern-day tools and resources which, on top of many other things, can help one to view and translate the Hebrew OT and Greek NT texts. → es01d.htm

For real and thorough in-depth study and exegesis of the Scriptures, an interlinear bible with Strong's numbers and a concordance with a lexicon and bible commentaries are not good enough; a computer bible is needed. Some facts and recommendations regarding bible study suites for computers, including tools for word search, word study and adding and editing your own electronic marginal notes verse for verse, tools for studying the Hebrew text of the Old Testament and the Greek text of the New Testament, and links for download of bible software (both free and commercial). → es02c.htm

The origin and meaning of the word "church". → eg06b.htm

The meaning of the words Christ, Christian, Messiah and Messias. Also: Did the saints call themselves "Christians" – christianos or christianoi? → eg07b.htm

What does the word "righteous" really mean? What does the Bible say about righteousness? → eg08b.htm

"Amateur bible students" versus "professional theologians". Some preachers have spitefully called people who actively study the Bible on their own, "amateur theologians". Indeed, many a clergyman seems to feel that a layman should not put his or her nose into theological studies but should rather leave those things to "experts". But, is that correct? This treatise sorts out that matter, and clarifies and explains in layman's terms the linguistic and historical background of the concepts clergymen and laymen and gives the definition and actual meaning of such words as clergy, laity, scholar and scholarly. → es07c.htm

What does the English language word and concept "doctrine" literally mean? Likewise, the terms "dogma", "creed" and "tenet", what do they signify? Countless preachers and doctors of theology compile dogmas, creeds, tenets and doctrinal statements of beliefs, and claim them to be "the Truth". But, they do not agree with each other. Their opinions and teachings differ, depending on their denomination and its viewpoints, and there is much confusion. So, the pertinent question is, who has the "true doctrines" or "correct dogmas"? What should one think – do the Scriptures give any guidance regarding this matter? What does the Bible say about "doctrine"? → es08c.htm

Info on the goal and purpose of this site, and a contact address. → purpose.htm
Table of contents for this site, including a synopsis or a short, summary description of each essay or article. → filename.htm
Search for specific words, phrases or bible passages at this site. → search.htm
An alphabetical bible topic keyword index of the essays and articles at this site:
1-9 – A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z – Detailed index overview

If you find any of the documents at this site interesting and helpful, please provide a copy to other people as well. But before printing or distributing anything, make sure to get the very latest version, exactly as it is, directly from this web site.

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This site is non-denominational and non-sectarian. It is not connected to any church, sect or religious organisation or movement. This site looks at things from a biblical perspective, and not from a dogmatic one. It does not claim to be without error or to "know it all" or to have a perfect or complete explanation to all things – it consists of an ongoing bible study that has been made public, and as the study goes on, the contents of these pages are revised and also expanded, with new topics and themes being addressed. Readers are invited and welcome to write to the author with thoughts and comments, or to ask questions or to point out a mistake if they feel that they have found one. For more on this, see the page purpose.htm.

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